Kind of like the college version of the Chicago Bulls...overachieve in the regular season, can't win when it really matters when everyone else is playing with the same intensity at they're accustomed to playing with...remedy is for them to recruit better guys which should happen with their recent success.
I think UVA will continue to have the same regular season success in the future but they're not going to be a true threat to the win the tourney until they start bringing in blue-chip guys (or start developing players to play like blue-chip guys)
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Because UVA relies on one way to win, they will struggle with match up issues in the tourney. They need a better scorer. I think we can over take them in the next few years. It will be a very interesting time to see how we develop that's for sure.
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Not only do they only have one way to win, their way to win gives them a smaller margin of error than if they were a high-scoring team that was questionable defensively. UVA's slow tempo works great for them when they have a lead. If they fall behind and need to score buckets in a hurry they have no idea what to do. Their Clogged Toilet Offense just isn't going to crack a good defense. Their attempts at quickly getting into their offense today in the last 5 minutes were comical. It also didn't help that Sparty can play that same type of game and Izzo used to give Bennett's dad problems when Dick Bennett coached at Wisconsin (Izzo was 10-3 against Bennett).
It's hard to draw conclusions since tournaments are always a small sample size but it looks like Bennett's going to run into problems in the tourney unless/until he decides to loosen up a little and try to run a functional offense.
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I'm not a basketball watcher typically but it reminded me of how Georgia Tech plays football... when your in the hole your strategy goes out the window and panic ensues.
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I had to tamp down my hope that #goACC teams would go 12-0 in the first two rounds of the tournament to root for Michigan State. But I suppose I'd say at least an ACC team lost to a Michigan State instead of a Purdue or a Georgia State.
Too bad for Villanova. Georgetown broke my heart again. But ACC is skrong.
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I mean, I'm not going to kid myself, I envy their season. Would love to have postseason opportunities like that. But, hopefully in the near future that will be so.
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To be fair to UVA, they did lose to one of the best coaches in the biz. Tom Izzo has more Final Fours (6) than losses on the first weekend of the NCAA tournament (5).
Which, if you ask me, is absolutely mother trucking insane.
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11 - 0 bitches
38 - 0 bro
#Timecop froze lolUVA out of ACC contention. TIMEOUT!
Buzz dominating recruiting, and merely 1 - 2 years before ass kicking
doucheville full of douchelings
Orange and Blue, worst color combo in world
football players leaving program in droves
turtle still hiding in his shell
Smoke getting smoked
CavMan falling off his horse
Pirate Dave Navarro is their mascot
this list has more items than fans at a lolUVA Spring Game
Selling tickets at farmer's markets
and on, and on, and on....
being fair to lolUVA is something I take pride in.
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Its funny you mention that. Just the other day a Hoo I work with busted out this gem on me: "Bucky only went to VT so he wouldn't have to compete with Turtle."
On the outside I was like, "yeah, not sure I've heard that one."
On the inside I was all,
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-Coupons for football tickets + concessions in Valpak
-YOU!
-Photoshop fails
-Movie Night at Scott Stadium, because what else would you go to a football stadium to watch
-State of the art indoor practice facility burns to the ground during construction (Nope. No omen there)
-and this thing:
What mascot is complete without satin gloves and MC Hammer pant?
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"Hey Darryl... how's it hanging?!"
Sucks for my bracket, which was doing really well, but great for the natural order of the universe.
I'm torn, having 3 of the 4 teams in Syracuse be ACC teams would be nice, also the money VT got would have been nice.
I might become a tom izzo fan. Beating uva two straight years, absolutely glorious!
Only 9 more until he can join the Frank Beamer Club
Called it
Same. The last few days have been bad for my bracket but I picked this one right!
me as well. MSU over UVA, all day.
same here.... never thought UVA would make it past Izzo
That makes at least 5 of us.
It absolutely shadened MY freude!
Is that a shaden in your freude, or are you just happy to see me?
Well, I did about a ten minute happy dance when the game was over...does that count?
I don't think I took UVA in any bracket.
MSU was a bad matchup for them last year and they were a bad matchup for them this year.
Edit: it is nice that they are the lone ACC team to lose so far
Didn't pick them to make it in any bracket. The vindication is sweeeeeet
Auld Lang Syne!
Tom Izzo:
UVa:
Kind of like the college version of the Chicago Bulls...overachieve in the regular season, can't win when it really matters when everyone else is playing with the same intensity at they're accustomed to playing with...remedy is for them to recruit better guys which should happen with their recent success.
I think UVA will continue to have the same regular season success in the future but they're not going to be a true threat to the win the tourney until they start bringing in blue-chip guys (or start developing players to play like blue-chip guys)
I dunno. You say Bulls, my mind defaults to the 90s and the Jordan dynasty. UVA has nothing of the sort to hearken back to.
Your point is not lost on me though. I'm just explaining my thought process.
Because UVA relies on one way to win, they will struggle with match up issues in the tourney. They need a better scorer. I think we can over take them in the next few years. It will be a very interesting time to see how we develop that's for sure.
Not only do they only have one way to win, their way to win gives them a smaller margin of error than if they were a high-scoring team that was questionable defensively. UVA's slow tempo works great for them when they have a lead. If they fall behind and need to score buckets in a hurry they have no idea what to do. Their Clogged Toilet Offense just isn't going to crack a good defense. Their attempts at quickly getting into their offense today in the last 5 minutes were comical. It also didn't help that Sparty can play that same type of game and Izzo used to give Bennett's dad problems when Dick Bennett coached at Wisconsin (Izzo was 10-3 against Bennett).
It's hard to draw conclusions since tournaments are always a small sample size but it looks like Bennett's going to run into problems in the tourney unless/until he decides to loosen up a little and try to run a functional offense.
I'm not a basketball watcher typically but it reminded me of how Georgia Tech plays football... when your in the hole your strategy goes out the window and panic ensues.
YES
Similar, except Bennett is far less punchable than Paul Johnson.
He's downright dreamy.
Coach Bennett can call this guy:
teeheeheeahahahaAHAHHAHAHHAHHA!
yay!
they must really love Sparty now.
If Sparty wasn't my favorite Big 10 school before, they are now.
I had to tamp down my hope that #goACC teams would go 12-0 in the first two rounds of the tournament to root for Michigan State. But I suppose I'd say at least an ACC team lost to a Michigan State instead of a Purdue or a Georgia State.
Too bad for Villanova. Georgetown broke my heart again. But ACC is skrong.
So they were #2 most of the year winning over 30 games... We were a .500 team that couldn't win a conference game to save our lives...
They played what, 2 more games than us? Sucks for them.
I mean, I'm not going to kid myself, I envy their season. Would love to have postseason opportunities like that. But, hopefully in the near future that will be so.
.500?
Didn't quite make it to the sweet sixteen...
Simply put
All is right and correct in all universes.
HA
Considering I had them losing in the first round, they fucked things up for long enough.
Yeah, some idiot I know had them in the final four! *hangs head in shame*
lmao never seen that one before, where did it come from?
Google. Because this is me using the computer on anything more complicated.
Pretty sure thats Mean Girls
The school secretary who was personally victimized by Regina George in Mean Girls.
Glad my main bracket I'm using I picked MSU to beat UVA.
It's 6:57 AM....and UVA still sucks
Main bracket???
More multi-bracket tomfoolery from the kids. Again, back in my day...
More ncaa brackets than uva fans at sp...you get the idea
I guess today is the first day of football season in Hooville. Talk about a crappy monday!
Nah, for them it's baseball season
Not so fast, my friend....
"It's this way to the baseball field!"
To be fair to UVA, they did lose to one of the best coaches in the biz. Tom Izzo has more Final Fours (6) than losses on the first weekend of the NCAA tournament (5).
Which, if you ask me, is absolutely mother trucking insane.
And just who, really, wants to be fair to UVA?
Oh I LOVE to be fair to lolUVA.
11 - 0 bitches
38 - 0 bro
#Timecop froze lolUVA out of ACC contention. TIMEOUT!
Buzz dominating recruiting, and merely 1 - 2 years before ass kicking
doucheville full of douchelings
Orange and Blue, worst color combo in world
football players leaving program in droves
turtle still hiding in his shell
Smoke getting smoked
CavMan falling off his horse
Pirate Dave Navarro is their mascot
this list has more items than fans at a lolUVA Spring Game
Selling tickets at farmer's markets
and on, and on, and on....
being fair to lolUVA is something I take pride in.
Well, yeah...I guess that's fair.
Its funny you mention that. Just the other day a Hoo I work with busted out this gem on me: "Bucky only went to VT so he wouldn't have to compete with Turtle."
On the outside I was like, "yeah, not sure I've heard that one."
On the inside I was all,
Additionally:
-Coupons for football tickets + concessions in Valpak
-YOU!
-Photoshop fails
-Movie Night at Scott Stadium, because what else would you go to a football stadium to watch
-State of the art indoor practice facility burns to the ground during construction (Nope. No omen there)
-and this thing:
What mascot is complete without satin gloves and MC Hammer pant?
Tom Izzo has more final fours than fans at the UVA spring game
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....Boo hoooooo! Waaaaaaaa...waaaaaa....Boo Hooooooooo!!!!
HEY IZZO
Emma Watson always gets a leg.